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The beast demands worship and requires all to carry its mark. Those who don’t face severe punishment.

17 Those who do not carry this mark, that is, those who do not have the name of the first beast or the number representing its name inscribed on them, are not allowed to sell their wares or buy in the market.

18 Here is divine wisdom: let anyone who understands these mysteries figure out the number of the beast because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.[a]

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  1. 13:18 Some manuscripts read 616.

17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(A) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(B)

18 This calls for wisdom.(C) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a](D) That number is 666.

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  1. Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number